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DINNER TIME RHYME
TAKE A TOOTHPICK
FRESH AND CLEAN
TO GET AROUND
AND IN BETWEEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 06-00-1968
MICHAEL JACKSON'S ACCIDENT
A IS FOR APPLE, J IS FOR JACK,
MICHAEL JACKSON DOES NOT HAVE
ANY HAIR IN THE BACK.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; PARENTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
APRIL FOOL SONG
APRIL FOOL GO TO SCHOOL AND TELL YOUR TEACHER SHE'S A FOOL.
IF SHE SPANKS YOU DO NOT CRY BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU TOLD A LIE.
Submitter comment:
I MADE A MISTAKE AND TOLD MY MOTHER THAT SHE WAS A FOOL AND BEFORE
I COULD SAY APRIL'S FOOL, SHE SPANKED ME AND SAID NOW WHO IS THE
FOOL.
Where learned: PARENTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 02-20-1984
LYING
EVERYTIME I SAY SOMETHING YOU SAY "LYING".
WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? LYING!
WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR LUNCH? LYING!
WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR DINNER? LYING!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? LYING!
Where learned: DETROIT ; PARENTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 02-20-1984
THE WORLD'S SHORTEST POEM, "PEAS, ADAM HAD'M."
Submitter comment:
AN OLD FARME.R POEM THAT MY UNCLE TOLD ME
I STILL DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF IT.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 06-00-1974
Calendar Rhyme
Thirty days are in September,
April, June, and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
But February, it is done
At twenty-eight, though leap one more
Whenever the year divides by four.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MONTHS
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month |
THE BRIDE SHOULD WEAR "SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE" FOR GOOD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
Keyword(s): Blue ; Borrowed ; Bride ; CUSTOM ; MARRIAGE ; New ; Old ; RHYME ; tradition
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU SEE A SPIDER IN THE MORNING,
IT IS A WARNING.
IF YOU SEE A SPIDER AT NOON,
IT IS BRINGING YOU GOOD NEWS.
IF YOU SEE A SPIDER AT NIGHT,
IT WILL BRING YOU JOY AND DELIGHT.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST LANSING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK
YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK;
AND IF YOU STEP ON A LINE,
YOU WILL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S SPINE.
Where learned: OUTSIDE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 06-28-1970
CHEER IN VERSE
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, HUCKLEBERRY PIE.
V I C T O R Y
Submitter comment: CHEER USED IN 1939 AT DALTON HIGH SCHOOL, DALTON, GA
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
VERSE
A WOMAN, A DOG, AND A WALNUT TREE:
THE MORE YOU BEAT THEM,
THE BETTER THEY BE.
Submitter comment:
STEPHEN CRAIN IN "THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE"; HEARD BEFORE BY
THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
VERSE
"WAY DOWN YONDER, NOT VERY FAR OFF,
THE JAY BIRD DIED WITH THE WHOOPING COUGH.
HE WHOOPED SO LOUD WITH THE WHOOPING COUGH,
THAT HE WHOOPED HIS HEAD AND HIS TAIL RIGHT OFF.
SAME SONG SECOND VERSE,
ONLY A LITTLE BIT LOUDER,
AND A LITTLE BIT WORSE."
Submitter comment:
VERSE REPEATED AS A CHILD: EACH TIME THE VERSE IS REPEATED,
"WHOOP" IS SAID LOUDER AND LOUDER.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; EDGEFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CHEER IN VERSE
PORK CHOPS
PORK CHOPS
GREASY
GREASY
WE'RE GONNA WIN THIS NICE AND EASY.
Submitter comment: CHEER USED IN 1939 AT DALTON HIGH SCHOOL, DALTON, GA
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
LITTLE FLY UPON THE WALL
AIN'T GOT NO MOMMY AT ALL.
AIN'T GOT NO ONE TO COMB HIS HAIR,
BUT IT DON'T CARE;
AIN'T GOT NO HAIR!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 09-16-1973
2 (TOO) SWEET
2 (TO) BE
________
4 (FORGOTTEN) GOTTEN
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; RHYME ; Signature
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
YOUR NOSE LOOKS LIKE A B-52.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Autograph Rhyme ; B-52 ; Blue ; COLOR ; FLOWERS ; NOSE ; poem ; Red ; RHYME ; Roses ; Signature ; Violets
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
NOT GIVEN
I SEE THE MOON,
THE MOON SEES ME,
GOD BLESS THE MOON,
GOD BLESS ME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 04-29-1969
PUT THE ABLATIVE WITH TE,
CUM, CORAM, AB, AND E,
SINE, TENUS, PRO, AND PRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
PUT THE ABLATIVE WITH TE,
CUM, CORAM, AB, AND E,
SINE, TENUS, PRO, AND PRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
Language
Tongue Twister:
I stood on the steps of Burgesses fish sauce shop,
Mimicking him hiccuping and welcoming him in.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Burgess's?
Make Verse?
The word him is underlined, with an arrow pointing at it with the word Ant??
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music SPEECH -- Formula |